Hassen vs Nick

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Hassen Essop

2:26:29 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
607th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Nick Wilson

2:06:46 best Open Men time · Johannesburg (I) 2025
357th of 422 place in that race · 422 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Hassen: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Nick: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
HassenNickedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Hassen and Nick sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Hassen: strongest on Carry (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).Nick: strongest on Lunges (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 4%).

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Part Hassen: faster than Nick: faster than
Ski 1% 12%
Push 24% 24%
Pull 15% 17%
BBJ 2% 9%
Row 7% 11%
Carry 40% 10%
Lunges 9% 34%
Wall balls 9% 4%
Roxzone 14% 16%
Runs 11% 30%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Hassen Nick
SkiErg 1% 12%
Sled push 24% 24%
Sled pull 15% 17%
Burpee broad jump 2% 9%
Row 7% 11%
Farmers carry 40% 10%
Sandbag lunges 9% 34%
Wall balls 9% 4%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 16%
Runs (8 km) 11% 30%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Hassen · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men2:26:29
7:536:077:484:498:027:518:1313:508:356:108:412:288:378:5110:5214:5912:54
Nick · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men2:06:46
4:105:076:303:327:016:567:1711:027:546:147:373:187:326:138:4216:2611:23
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Hassen · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 1:08:41 running, 1:05:05 at the stations and 12:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:59).Below, Nick · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 56:43 running, 58:47 at the stations and 11:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:26).

See the numbers
Part Hassen · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Nick · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 7:53 4:10
SkiErg 6:07 5:07
Run 2 7:48 6:30
Sled push 4:49 3:32
Run 3 8:02 7:01
Sled pull 7:51 6:56
Run 4 8:13 7:17
Burpee broad jump 13:50 11:02
Run 5 8:35 7:54
Row 6:10 6:14
Run 6 8:41 7:37
Farmers carry 2:28 3:18
Run 7 8:37 7:32
Sandbag lunges 8:51 6:13
Run 8 10:52 8:42
Wall balls 14:59 16:26
Roxzone 12:54 11:23
Finish 2:26:29 2:06:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Hassen Nick Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 2:26:29 2:27:43 1:14 · Hassen faster
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